The Brussels Post, 1977-06-22, Page 7Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
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THE BRUSSELS POST, JUNE 22, 1977 —7
104 at Nethery
annual reunion
The32nd annual Nethery
reunion was held June 19, at the
community hall, Londesboro with
104 signing the register. Mr. and
Ms. George Ives of Blyth were in
charge of the sports.
Guests were present from.
Hanna, Alberta; Richard's
Landing, St. Joseph's Island,
Ont.; St. Ignace, .Michigan;
Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Toronte,
Bolton, Kitchener, Goderich,
Wingham, Bluevale, Londesboro
and surrounding district.
Following the supper hour, the
president, Donald J. Nethery of
Toronto took charge of the
meeting. For the program, there
were songs by Lori and Scott -
Jewitt of Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Mason returned home last
Sunday from a week's trip to
HaZelton, B.C. to visit with their
daughter Miss Wanda Mason.
They also spent a couple of days
with their son-in-law and
daughter Mr. and Mrs George
O'Dell of Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Vincent of
Oakville spent the weekend at the
home of his brother Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Vincent and attended the
Sunday School. Anniversary at the
United Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Americo Arruda,
Maria and Michelle of Toronto,
spent the weekend with her
mother Mrs Cliff Logan and also
attended the- Sunday School
Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. James Baker and
Mark of London spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
George Michie.
Mrs. Amelia Brown celebrated
her 93rd birthday on June 14 at a
dinner held at the home of her
daughter and son-in-law Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Johnston.
Honoured guests Mrs. Pearl
Wheeler of Huronview, Clinton
who will be 93 on- August 15 and
the Rev. Urc Stewart who was 95
on June 18 . Other guests present
were from Cambridge, Brussels,
Seaforth, Blyth, Listowel,
Goderich, Atwood and Belgrave.
Mrs. Stewart Procter, Mrs.
This was supposed to be a probing
inquiry into what laws Canadians break
most, and why they break them, But it's
too clanged hot.
What a country! Just a few weeks go,
you could get free ice-cubes from those
10-foot icicles hanging from your roof.
Today the refrigerator can't keep up with
the demand for them.
That horrible heat wave we've
experienced coincided with a visit from The
Boys, The combination practically put.
Gran andime on our knees. and we're just
now recovering gingerly from an ordeal
that would have put us in our graves , had
we been 10 years older.
it's not that we can't stand the heat. And
goodness knows. The Boys are a treat. But
because you can stand driving -doesn't
mean you want to drive 800 miles a day.
And because you enjoy ice cream doesn't
mean you want to eat nothing else for two
weeks.
Mother of The Boys. our Kim. was in the
process of writing the last of her university
essays and thought she'd pup up home,
have a visit „get some free baby-sitting and
finish her essays. A nice thought.
But The Boys had other ideas. After
being cooped up in a city apartment for the
winter, they wanted some action, and
there's always action at Grandad's, at "the
big house", as it's known.
Little Balind, the ybunger. was supposed
lobe quiet and convalescent after a serious
illness.Little Balind. after about one day,
was as quiet and con°,.descent as a Mack
truck with Dr. Jekyll's alter ego at the
wheel.
After about three days, he had pulled a
lamp over on himself. put a permanent
gouge in the coffee table, knocked over the
lire screen (twice). fallen off a bed on his
face, lost a knob offthe TV set, sprinkled a
can of talcum powder over the entire
upstairs with a triumphant: grill, and
smashed several dishes by harling'them to
the floor from hi8 high chair, his signal that
the meal was over.
Of' course, after his illness he had
practically no appetite, so feeding him was
no problem: It only took the three of us
adults, one cooking, one shovelling it in,
and one cleaning up the debris, to stave
off his hunger.
He'd start off with a banana to keep him
from perishing while you were cooking his
bacon and eggs. Then it was a scramble to
get his toast and honey ready while the
eggs \‘'ere vanishing.Licks off the honey.
hurls toaston thefloor,stands up in his high
chair and wipes hands on Gran's- newly-
decorated wall. Then out of the chair and
oil to Grandad's knee for a few more bites
of egg or muffin or whatever. This would
go on all day, punctuated by apples,
cookies, swigs of apple juice arid bits of
cheese to keep his stomach from rumbling-_„.. ,y
made the mistake of sticking my little
finger in his mouth once, Thought'he was
getting some more teeth and that 'I'd give
the gums a little rub to ease the „pain. He
clang' near took the end right off my 'finger,
That kid is a natural for the wrestling ring
or the football field.
No such problem with the other guy,,
Nikov. He is a dainty eater, can feed
himself, and sits up at table, propped on a
fat book. No problem at _all. Except that he
won'.1 eat. Meal time is a game. If he gets
`wieners and beans. he wants milk on
then it's too cold: If you're out of eggs, he
wants scrambled eggs. If you have apple
juice and fresh grapefruit. the only thing
he can stomach- is orange juice.He can
make a half-hour ceremony out of eating
one strand of spaghetti.
There's no malice in it. He just enjoys
manipulating three fairly intelligent adults,
like three puppets, one cajoling, one
threatening, and one furious. We took
turns.
Occasionally whisked off to bed without
any dinner, he'd be .quiet for a few
Minutes, then paddle downstairs and say
he wanted his- supper. But lie wanted
chicken. and you'd had stew.,
At first they were a little peeved that
Grandad had to go off to work every
morning. The old one wanted me to take
him to the car w ash, one of our favorite
excursions. the little one just wanted me
to take him and yelled. So I instituted
"Kiss Time."• I lined the whole gang up,.
wife, daughter, two grandboyS, got them to.
pucker up and went clown the line with a
kiss for each. Very popular routine. You
have to be crafty with kids. -
For a few • days, the weather was cold,
and all they could do was make the inside
of the house look as though Attila and his
Huns had just laid, wasteavillage...
Then the heat wave struck: Their , mother
is one of those new-fangled ones who think.
that children should be allowed to express
their creative faCulties regardless, The
Boys poured into the-backyard like the
Saracens pouring into 'Spain, and created.
I'll say one thing for them. They didn't
set fire to the stoop. or—the fence. They
couldn't have. They discovered Grandad's
hose, and where to turn it on. Everything.
was so wet after a few minutes, you
couldn't have started a fire with gasoline.
I'd come home front work, and there'd
be two naked tots, soaking, mud from head
to toe, watering each other, their mother,
the lawn furniture and any stray animal,
human or otherwise, that came in range.
It took only hall' an hour to clean up.
That; along with two hours at feeding time,
and about two hours ,at bath and story
*time, and an hour to recuperate, took a fair.
chunk out of the day.
Now they're gone and I miss them
terribly. Nobody to tun over, jump on my
arthritic foot and butt me in the stomach.
Nobody to make me read the longest fairy
.story in the entire book. I can hardly wait to
sec them again. Maybe Christmas? For a
day?
Special prizes were given out
by Abner Nethery of Wingham, to
the oldest person present, Albert
Nethery of Hamilton; the person
coming the longest distance, Mrs.
Noreen Code of Hanna, Alberta;
recently married couple, Mr. and
Mrs. William Snow of Wingham;
the youngest baby, Kylj Snow.
A gift of note pad and pencil
was given by Mrs. Grant Bearss
of Niagara Falls, from the Davis
Lumber Company Limited of St.
Catharines.
President for next year, Donald
J. Nethery of Toronto and secre-
tary-treasurer, Mary Isabel
Nethery of Belgrave. '
The meeting closed by singing
"Auld Lang Syne.”
Hazel Procter and Mrs George
Procter attended the piano recital
at Brookside Public School last
Tuesday where pupils of Mrs.
Ruth Alton of Lucknow took part.
Miss Hazel Wocks of
Teeswater visited on Thursday
with Mrs. Stewart Procter.
RICHARD EARL
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Earl, Atwood, graduated on June
15th front Fanshawe College in
London with a three year diploma
inArchitectural Technology. He is
also a graduate of Listowel,
Ontario Secondary School.
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527-0064
Paisley receives grant
A grant of $128,000 to assi'st
with the rehabilitation of the
Town Hall at Paisley has been
made by the Ontario Heritage
Foundation.
Foundation Chairman A,B.R.
Lawrence said following a
meeting of the FotindatiOn 4
directors that the project to
restore the 101-year-old tritiliki-Pal building; on an impressive
site where the Teeswater and
SatigeenRiverS meet, will cost an
estimated $320,000 and return
the Italianate-style hall to its
Original splendor,
AS part
auditorium
will be restored and useful new
office space will be created on the
first floor and in the basement.
The Paisley • grant Was the
largest individual award in a
package of font totaling $118,600
currently earmarked for architec-
tural conservation by the Founda-
tion. Paisley 4 a Bruce County
village with' a population of 1,000
is 35 tithes south-west of Owen
Sound,
province.
Earlier grants included $47,100
to restore the former Town Hall at
Exeter; $250,000 to help convert
the former Norfolk County Court-
bourse into municipal offices at
Sits eoe and up to $103,000 toward
Work on the 1831 Mansion
housing. GanatioqUe's Town Hall:
Restoration of the Paisley Town
Hall has had the strong support of
the Paisley Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory
Committee (LACAC). Paisley is
among more than 40 communities
in Ontario, including Seaforth,
where the municipal council has
appointed a LACAC under the
Ontario Heritage Act, 1914.
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and Wednesday Evenings
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In his annouricernent, Mr.
)Lawrence said the Paisley award
Was among "several made recently
by the Foundation toward the
of the project, the preservation of important civic
on the second floor buildings in all parts of the